Adobe Illustrator Versions By Year ^new^ Jun 2026

The PowerPC Jump. A minor update but a major technical shift, rewriting the code to run natively on the new Power Macintosh processors. It was the final version to run on a Motorola 68000 processor.

The launch of Adobe Creative Cloud (CC) in 2013 marked a significant change in the way Adobe software was delivered. Illustrator CC (version 16) was a major release that introduced a new subscription-based model.

The final version before the "Creative Suite" rebrand, adding symbols and "Save for Web". The Creative Suite (CS) Years (2003–2012)

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